Schools and students: 2020 statistical bulletin
This bulletin was originally published 31 May 2021.
Summary
NSW government
NSW government schools | |
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Primary and infants schools | 1,607 |
Central/community schools | 68 |
Secondary schools | 401 |
Schools for specific purposes (SSPs) | 116 |
Environmental education centres (EECs) | 23 |
Total government schools | 2,215 |
Preschools attached to primary/infants schools | 100 |
Separate preschools | 1 |
Total preschools | 101 |
Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolments | |
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Primary enrolments | 492,280.0 |
Secondary enrolments | 312,016.8 |
SSP enrolments | 5,780.0 |
Total enrolments | 810,076.8 |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students | |
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Total Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enrolments | 65,960.4 |
Percentage of total Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enrolments | 8.2% |
Part-time students | |
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Number of part-time students | 1,756.0 |
FTE enrolments | 1,127.8 |
Preschool students | |
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Number of preschool students | 4,271 |
FTE enrolments | 2,257.7 |
Students from language background other than English (LBOTE) | |
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LBOTE enrolments | 302,099 |
LBOTE enrolments as per cent of total enrolments | 36.9% |
Average primary class size | |
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Kindergarten to Year 6 | 23.8 |
HSC Year 12 | |
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HSC awards | 36,910 |
NSW non-government
NSW non-government schools | |
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Primary schools | 494 |
Secondary schools | 140 |
Primary/secondary schools | 254 |
Special schools | 62 |
Total non-government schools | 950 |
Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolments | |
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Primary enrolments | 211,195.1 |
Secondary enrolments | 219,960.1 |
Total enrolments | 431,155.2 |
For more information
- To access data, visit the NSW Education Insights Hub.
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